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A few trembling hours into the new year and it is official: All the Suns of the Earth by E GONE has been released. This is the first full-length solo effort of The Goner-founder Daniel Westerlund. Some of the songs on this record was originally intended for The Goner but most the material tries out other kinds of venues, back roads and themes.

To whom it may concern: this is the last post of thegoner.com. Update your book marks: from here on out: this is the place to be.

Today we will celebrate the birth of E GONEs new website. E GONE will continue to explore a lot of the same musical territory that The Goner did, but from a different perspective.

Due to a cluster of issues The Goner has decided to split-up. No need to get upset. We’re ok, you’re ok, if you meet the Buddha down the road, tell him we said hi, be here now, and furtherwards.
We’ve uploaded a demo from the album we were working on before the split up, available as a free download, on Bandcamp. To whom it may concern: this is our goodbye:

Daniel Westerlunds new project TANDEM BRIDGES (a duo with Anita Livstrand) is proud to be part of the massive tribute album For Lee Jackson in Space that was launched today on Bandcamp.

From the press release: “[The album] pays tribute to Texan writer and cultural enthusiast Lee Jackson, famed for his co-creation of the noted Broken Face fanzine with Swedish writer Mats Gustafsson.

Den här kvällen kommer att bli galet fin. Makalöst bra line-up, check it:

Hellon Chord Organ Blues släppte den mestadels instrumentala skivan Hellon Chord Organ Blues (Spotify, Itunes) förra året och har också släppt två sjutumsvinyler som Hellon 2003 & 2005.
Baserat på låtar från Eva Lalander (Eve and the Last Waltz) och Mats Grönmark (solo, Burek V) har HCOB för detta tillfälle utökats med Robert Karlsson på trummor och orgel och Jerker Bergkvist (My Way) på gitarr.
Mats Grönmark släppte i april i år sitt andra album Roller Coaster Blues och 2011 släppte Eve and the Last Waltz sitt fjärde album Turpentine.

The Goner spelar en egen hybrid av indierock, psykedelia och folkrock. Tidigare i år släpptes singlarna Sun on Stone och Hello Friend, Today I Will Sing Beautifully For You. Hemsida:http://www.thegoner.com/

Howling Owl Tape är ett magnifikt lo-fi/garagerockband från norra Sverige. Det består av Linnéa Kempe, Guidaí de Mello och Back. Lyssna här: http://www.myspace.com/howlingowltape ochhttp://www.youtube.com/howlingowltapeswe

Facebook-style.

Club Probation/Snövit (Ringvägen 147, Stockholm) Lördag 16:e juni.

Dörrar: kl 19.30. Första band på scen cirka kl 20. Entré: 80 kr.

Daniel Westerlund of The Goner has compiled a mixtape of personal favorites from the Swedish underground music scene for the excellent GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUN RADIO SHOW. Full story and downloads here.

And furthermore! Here’s the playlist from the mixtape; extended – where possible – with links to the artists/records:

Nya Ljudbolaget – Continuum Prometheus (excerpt)          

Fågeldöd – Den Svåra Stunden

Timbrogolem – Tropicana side B (excerpt)

Chicagojazzen – Megalodon

Kultivator – Höga hästar

Sagor & Swing – Sagoslottet

Folk & Rackare – Halling Efter Martin Martinsson

Anita Livstrand – Didjeridoo – Kulning

Hamnskifte – Ther Skall Wara Gråt Och Tandagnisslan (excerpt)

Allein – To Whom Do I Pray

The Goner – Illumination

Phauss – Nothing But The Truth (excerpt)

L.T. Fisk – 08.12.01

Eve and the Last Waltz – Sky And The Lake

Folke Rabe – What?? (excerpt)

Let’s get lost! Click away.

Last week Rocking.gr published an article on 40 important alt.country bands and The Goner made it to the list. Read all about it here.

Our second release for 2012 is out now! These songs add another chapter to The Goner tale with one acousticly flavored duet and one  electronic instrumental.

1. Hello Friend, Today I Will Sing Beautifully For You

2. White Stone

Released February 29, 2012

Buy at iTunes, Amazon or your other favorite digital stomping ground.

The fantastic australian radio show Sideways Through Sound included “Sun on Stone” in their playlist this week (February 22, 2012).

The program aslo featured a song by Sulli (SWE), a singer-songwriter duo from Stockholm, consisting of Shpresa Lleshaj and Goner member Daniel Westerlund.

You can listen to the show here: Sideways Through Sound, 22nd February 2012